Nelkf stood above the outpost, looking down from a cliff outcropping. A string of swear words in every language she knew grew steadily louder. Well, from the looks of it, she'd gotten her tail in a fine stew this time.
There was a strong outer wall, impenetrable unless a starship blew it in. Yet another wall surrounded what looked to be an exercise field. A few small buildings were built within the complex, seeming more plain and drab then Nelkf would have ever thought possible. The impressive view was not what pumped fear through her. No, far from it. For, atop the wall, inside it, and all around it stood stormtroopers. Nelkf glared at her droid. This was all his fault! If he had gotten that upgrade, they'd have known about this! She glanced up, snarling at the Sklinthi sun god. Well Necho, she thought, you did it to me again. Do you enjoy watching me squirm? Well, this time the lab nerf has teeth. She slid the vibroknife down into her boot, but not so far that she couldn't reach it in a jam. She pulled out her blaster and took it off safety. Now it was a matter of getting back to her fighter and trying to see what she could rig up with that radio. She muttered at the droid.
"Let's go Slek," she growled.
The droid made no reply.
"Bolt brain?" she swore mentally. Of all the rotten.... What a time for him to short circuit.
She almost got up to leave the inert droid until she felt a sharp, cold hand on her shoulder. The unmistakable voice of a stormtrooper barked at her. She could feel those big fake, dopey eyeballs burning into her back.
"Okay, get up. Now."
She slid up to her feet, concealing the small blaster in her hands. The trooper restraining her had a rifle in one hand. Once again, she swore violently under her breath. How can I fight that? As if to further complicate matters, two dozen more troopers emerged from the cover around her to assist in the capture. Well, Nelkf readied her blaster, I'm not letting these undertrained wimps take me in. They don't know who they're dealing with here. A few of these boys won't see me back to their...their...whatever it is. She fixed her angered gaze on the leader and growled defiantly in his face. "First rule of dealing with Nelkf Karlian," She pulled lose her gun and shot him throughout the heart. She grinned happily, taking pleasure in the momentary confusion. "Don't mess with me when I'm stressed."
The other twenty some stormtroopers flocked around Nelkf, eager to foil her escape. She felled only one more before her small holdout blaster was useless. Someone grabbed her from behind. She flipped her tail up and slammed it into his helmet, knocking him out. She dipped down and snatched up the vibroblade. She began to fight, but it was a far stretch from the vibrodaggers she used to use and it wouldn't slice armor. Soon, she found herself restrained from behind, struggling madly. Someone jammed a foot down on her tail and she shrieked in pain. The vibroblade was knocked from her hand, and she was soon defenseless. She spat at one of troopers, and the small droplet of saliva slid down the black goggle hiding his left eye. He didn't bother to wipe it away.
"You stormies are all the same!" She snarled. "Gutless, soulless, cowering nerfs with no minds of your own! You were probably hatched! No real Being could be as twisted as you!"
The leader snapped at her. "Save your breath Rebel scum. You'll need it for screaming during your interrogation."
Nelkf laughed, hiding her fear out of habit. "There's nothing you could create that could make me even whimper. As for calling us Rebels, we're of the New Republic. That's all there is, no more," she grinned smugly as they dragged her, still squirming back to their base.
